A large pit close to one of the ring-ditches, was likely used to dispose of the residue ash from funeral pyres, was also excavated.

[3] Originally called "Linton", the village probably gets its name from the Linn (a waterfall) on the river which it grew alongside.

[10] The clock on St Andrew's former church was put in by the village to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee; it was named "Jessie" after a local girl when some village lads climbed into the steeple and poured a libation over the clock to christen it.

There has long been a school in the village, and the mid-Victorian schoolmaster in East Linton was a George Pringle Smith (d.1850).

At the base of this there are four young child figures beneath a scalloped canopy, each holding a vase out of which water flows.

A plaque attached to the N side of the pedestal records that the fountain was 'Presented to the Burgh of East Linton by John Drysdale Esq., Buenos Ayres.

The mill was the location setting for a number of scenes during the Jacobite Uprising in Season 1 of the 'Outlander' TV series.

Prior to the coming of the North British Railway, the mail coaches changed horses at the Douglas Inn, opposite the distillery in East Linton.

A surviving relic of East Linton's past importance as an agricultural centre is a timber octagonal auction mart for cattle, pigs and sheep in Station Road.

Dating back to 1850, the mart has recently been fully restored and is now used for various community functions and a Sunday market.

The location was used as the setting to re-introduce Stephen Bonnet in a darkly memorable fashion during Season 5 of the 'Outlander' TV series.

[20] Winds from an easterly direction are usually drier but considerably colder, and may be accompanied by haar, a persistent coastal fog.